# St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field (IL48)

**St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field** (FAA: IL48) is a small airport in St Jacob, Illinois, United States. It opened in Mar 1972. It has one runway, 2,662 ft (811 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3k6

## At a glance

- FAA: IL48
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: St Jacob, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Mar 1972
- Elevation: 477 ft / 146 m
- Coordinates: 38.7329, -89.8066
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,662 ft / 811 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74843523
- Weather station: KBLV
- Ident: K3K6

## Timeline

- Mar 1972: St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,662 ft / 811 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,662 ft / 811 m | =18,600 of 29,858 | =8,061 in North America | =6,863 in US |
| Elevation | 477 ft / 146 m | #27,550 of 43,403 | #13,098 in North America | #10,964 in US |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =4,803 in North America | =4,712 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 124.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3k6/data